Gearing.



v lowing UNITED STATES vNo.,acacia tate of Massachusetts,khave 'inventedan lmproveinentin Gearing,

desc'rlption, in connectionwith the panyingdrawings,

.like letters on thefdnawings representing like d parts.

gearing has for its obmgpositlon and for facilitating changingl"finvention"also acts 'as a s hiel v'gmlngif.' Figure 1 shows myinventlon 1n side eleva# re lar dotted lined: l. ilhefr gears when foranyreason it is desired to re, new a gear or-'efect a change of s eed.

I he means 'shown' as com re ending my to linclose the tion; Fig. 2, asection thereofiin the'irregular dotted line', and4 Fig. 3 a., sectionin the irame artAAXi'the toothed wheel A', aft or stud A2, and thesmaller toothed wheel or pinion B on the .shaft B are and may b e as'usual and toothed wheels may be the driver. Be-

carried by 'a s herein represented as ch as driving the wheel A Ithrough the wheels D C.

prolonged and receives the The'gears C D are sustained by and turnedabout a stud'ELhaving near its free end a notch or groove'e to leave ahead e.l The stud is sustained by the latter aving a' stud a, onwhic ispivoted loosely,

a device or gear-retainer G, shown as provided lwith a projection g forconvenience Specification of Letters Patent. v Application nga mgm iv,1905. sern Nal 274.65m.

is a .sl'uecification,V

either of the -I l angle or intermediatev vgears, and the wheel B von te driven shaft B ub of gear C as surrounding the stud E loosel thereonhy nuts fitted to the `stu ;l, a 11 d MASSACHUSETTS;

"Q EARING."

' at g and embracing the stud E an4 entering a notch or. hind the heade.- T

from the' stud. I

ave herein shown the de- /vice G as turned up Wardly above its way shownof sustaining' said" device. i It act as a shield for to embrace,inclose, and

h e pinion B.

the ears C and Don t I 'have shown the two gears C D as separable; butmy invention parted from if said gears were fixed or made as one ieee.V

Having fully escribed my invention, what c aim as new, and Patent, is- I.f 1. In gearing, a driving and a driven wheel, gears in engagement witsaid wheels, a stud sustaining said gears', and a slotted devicecoacting with said stud and retainingA said gears in their operativeposition thereon.

In gearing, two toothed sustainin said. gears side by si voperative tedgear-retainer coacting with retain said gears thereon, thel movement ofsaid retainer transversely of the longitudinal -axis of said studleaving said gears free to be withdrawn from said stud. 3. n gearing, astud having a groove at i-ts outer end, a gear sustained by-sa1d stud,and a shield device covering said gear in loosely the together e, meansfor groove of said stud.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two4 subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: f

GEO. W. GREGORY,

MARGAnET A. DUNN:

. Patented ocaaa, 190e..

would not be de.

oove e in said studV be- I e withdrawal of-the device G leaves'the earsfree to be Withdrawn" pivot a; I but tins inventlon 1s notllmited to theexact j will alsobe notedl that the device G is shaped u 75 3 desire tosecure by Letters' ears, a stud 85. y connectingsaid gears, and a slot-tWILLIAM D.' RUNDLETTf

